PHI 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Counterintuitive, Neil Maccormick, Conjoined Twins

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1370
• Professor: Dean Lauer

Document Summary

Kant is not interested in this (it is too empirical) moral law: empiricism the knowledge that is derived from experience (experiment) Matter of fact, observationally confirmed therefore the study of most sciences. We can verify the external world, gathering information through sensation: rationalism knowledge can be deduced through logic and reasoning. Very hypothetical; ideas you have to think about: hume inspired kant. Knowledge of the world means everything is an effect of something else (cause and effect) Therefore causation is a category of experience. If we are not acting rationally, we are acting like animals. Respect for persons is a product of the structure of reason. Duty not to lie but also duty to save a life. Doing something because it is the right thing to do not because you are getting anything out of it. 59 treating everyone the same can turn out to be the opposite of respect for: pg.